Exclusive: Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump's blacklist – source

PHOTO OF ARCHIVE: visitors pass through the Huawei stand during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​Spain, on February 27, 2017. REUTERS / Eric Gaillard / Stock Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Google, of Alphabet Inc, suspended the business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware and software products, except those that are covered by open source licenses, a source close to Reuters Customs on Sunday, in a blow to the Chinese technology company. that the united states The government has tried to blacklist the world.

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd will be able to immediately access the Android operating system, and the next version of its smartphones outside of China will also be able to access popular applications and services, such as the Google Play Store and the Gmail application.

The details of the specific services were still being discussed internally on Google, according to the source. Huawei's lawyers are also studying the impact of the US. UU The actions of the Department of Commerce, said a Huawei spokesman on Friday. Huawei was not immediately available to comment further.

Representatives of the United States. Department of Commerce did not comment immediately.

Huawei will continue to have access to the version of the Android operating system available through the open source license that is open to anyone who wishes to use it.

But Google will stop providing technical support and collaboration for Android and Google services to Huawei in the future, the source said.

On Thursday, the Trump government officially incorporated Huawei into a blacklist of business exchanges, and immediately enacted restrictions that will make it extremely difficult for technology to do business with the US. UU Business. [nL2N22S1RG]

Angela Moon report; Additional reporting by Georgina Prodhan in London, and David Shepardson and Karen Freifeld in Washington; Edited by Kenneth Li and Daniel Wallis